diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/steveplays28/simpleseasons/config/SimpleSeasonsConfig.java b/src/main/java/io/github/steveplays28/simpleseasons/config/SimpleSeasonsConfig.java
index a465290..9683422 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/steveplays28/simpleseasons/config/SimpleSeasonsConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/steveplays28/simpleseasons/config/SimpleSeasonsConfig.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import dev.isxander.yacl3.config.v2.api.ConfigClassHandler;
 import dev.isxander.yacl3.config.v2.api.SerialEntry;
 import dev.isxander.yacl3.config.v2.api.autogen.AutoGen;
+import dev.isxander.yacl3.config.v2.api.autogen.Boolean;
 import dev.isxander.yacl3.config.v2.api.autogen.FloatField;
 import dev.isxander.yacl3.config.v2.api.autogen.FloatSlider;
 import dev.isxander.yacl3.config.v2.api.serializer.GsonConfigSerializerBuilder;
@@ -31,4 +32,8 @@ public class SimpleSeasonsConfig {
 	@SerialEntry(comment = "The length multiplier of seasons. Increasing this value will result in longer seasons and decreasing this value will result in shorter seasons.")
 	@FloatField(min = 0.0001f, format = "%.4f")
 	public float seasonLengthMultiplier = 1f;
+	@AutoGen(category = SERVER_CATEGORY)
+	@SerialEntry(comment = "Determines if ice should form in water (with the exception of water in oceans and water in biomes with a wet/dry season) during winter.")
+	@Boolean(colored = true)
+	public boolean iceFormationInWaterDuringWinter = true;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/steveplays28/simpleseasons/mixin/world/biome/BiomeMixin.java b/src/main/java/io/github/steveplays28/simpleseasons/mixin/world/biome/BiomeMixin.java
index f8805ee..1f275c8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/steveplays28/simpleseasons/mixin/world/biome/BiomeMixin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/steveplays28/simpleseasons/mixin/world/biome/BiomeMixin.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package io.github.steveplays28.simpleseasons.mixin.world.biome;
 
 import io.github.steveplays28.simpleseasons.api.SimpleSeasonsApi;
+import io.github.steveplays28.simpleseasons.config.SimpleSeasonsConfig;
 import io.github.steveplays28.simpleseasons.state.world.SeasonTracker;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.tag.convention.v1.ConventionalBiomeTags;
 import net.minecraft.block.Blocks;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ public abstract class BiomeMixin {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		if ( !this.hasPrecipitation() || SimpleSeasonsApi.biomeHasWetAndDrySeasons(
+		if (!this.hasPrecipitation() || SimpleSeasonsApi.biomeHasWetAndDrySeasons(
 				world.getBiome(blockPos)) || !Blocks.SNOW.getDefaultState().canPlaceAt(world, blockPos)) {
 			cir.setReturnValue(false);
 			return;
@@ -39,12 +40,14 @@ public abstract class BiomeMixin {
 
 	@Inject(method = "canSetIce(Lnet/minecraft/world/WorldView;Lnet/minecraft/util/math/BlockPos;Z)Z", at = @At(value = "HEAD"), cancellable = true)
 	private void simple_seasons$canSetIceAllowSettingIceInWinter(@NotNull WorldView worldView, @NotNull BlockPos blockPos, boolean doWaterCheck, @NotNull CallbackInfoReturnable<Boolean> cir) {
-		if (!(worldView instanceof @NotNull World world) || !SimpleSeasonsApi.worldHasSeasons(world)) {
+		if (!(worldView instanceof @NotNull World world) || !SimpleSeasonsApi.worldHasSeasons(
+				world) || !SimpleSeasonsConfig.HANDLER.instance().iceFormationInWaterDuringWinter) {
 			return;
 		}
 
 		var biome = world.getBiome(blockPos);
-		if (biome.isIn(ConventionalBiomeTags.OCEAN) || SimpleSeasonsApi.biomeHasWetAndDrySeasons(world.getBiome(blockPos)) || world.getLightLevel(
+		if (biome.isIn(ConventionalBiomeTags.OCEAN) || SimpleSeasonsApi.biomeHasWetAndDrySeasons(
+				world.getBiome(blockPos)) || world.getLightLevel(
 				LightType.BLOCK, blockPos) >= 10 || doWaterCheck && !world.getFluidState(blockPos).isOf(Fluids.WATER)) {
 			cir.setReturnValue(false);
 			return;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/simple_seasons/lang/en_us.json b/src/main/resources/assets/simple_seasons/lang/en_us.json
index abd88cb..accd5fa 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/simple_seasons/lang/en_us.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/simple_seasons/lang/en_us.json
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@
   "yacl3.config.simple-seasons:config.seasonProgressUpdateRate": "Season Progress Update Rate",
   "yacl3.config.simple-seasons:config.seasonProgressUpdateRate.desc": "The rate at which the season progress updates. Every time the season progress updates in a world, a packet is sent to all clients in that world containing the new season progress. Subsequently, all clients in that world will reload the world's color and schedule a rebuild for all chunks.\nIncreasing this value will result in packets being sent more often to all clients in a world and thus season colors will update more often on all clients in that world. Decreasing this value will result in packets being sent less often to all clients in a world and thus season colors will update less often on all clients in that world. This config option can be performance intensive if set too high.",
   "yacl3.config.simple-seasons:config.seasonLengthMultiplier": "Season Length Multiplier",
-  "yacl3.config.simple-seasons:config.seasonLengthMultiplier.desc": "The length multiplier of seasons. Increasing this value will result in longer seasons and decreasing this value will result in shorter seasons."
+  "yacl3.config.simple-seasons:config.seasonLengthMultiplier.desc": "The length multiplier of seasons. Increasing this value will result in longer seasons and decreasing this value will result in shorter seasons.",
+  "yacl3.config.simple-seasons:config.iceFormationInWaterDuringWinter": "Ice Formation In Water During Winter",
+  "yacl3.config.simple-seasons:config.iceFormationInWaterDuringWinter.desc": "Determines if ice should form in water (with the exception of water in oceans and water in biomes with a wet/dry season) during winter."
 }